PinnedMember-onlyAll my articlesMy articles · My articles ∘ Cloud Computing (Django, Azure, AWS) ∘ Project testing automation ∘ My mentorship ∘ Mobile App development ∘ Open Source ∘ Product Management ∘ Personal Growth ∘ Startup ∘ Career ∘ Working in a big tech company…Writing3 min readWriting3 min read
Published in FAUN Publication·PinnedMember-onlyHow did I prepare to join Microsoft — Path to a Software Engineer InternshipDuring summer 2021, I will join Microsoft as a Software Engineer intern, to work in the Microsoft Teams team. How did I prepare to join Microsoft? Below, I will introduce you to the tools, resources, and rules that I have used during my internship preparation. Before discussing my approach to…Microsoft5 min readMicrosoft5 min read
Published in FAUN Publication·PinnedMember-onlyThe ten interview questions that gave me a project manager offer(with answers)Table of content: Project Management Interview structure 2 The ten interview questions that gave me a project manager offer(with answers) 2.1 Tell me about one of the successful projects you led 2.2 How would you evaluate a team working remotely? 2.3 Describe the process to fire a staff member 2.4…Project Management13 min readProject Management13 min read
Published in FAUN Publication·PinnedMember-onlyDjango Logging and metrics building into AWS Cloudwatch (Part 1)In this article, it will be shown how to configure a Django App for logging purposes, upload logs into AWS Cloudwatch, query logs and build dashboard metrics from the generated records. Logging As Wikipedia reports, Logging is the act of keeping a log. In the simplest case, messages are written to…AWS7 min readAWS7 min read
Published in FAUN Publication·PinnedMember-onlyDjango App deployment on Azure — Azure Plugin, CI/CD, security configurations, and data persistenceDeploying and configuring a Django application has never been so easy with azure, and below, I will show how to set up and configure your own Django app. As in this article, I will just focus on Azure Plug-in, Azure web app service and Deployment services, please see the official…Django7 min readDjango7 min read
Oct 5Member-onlyMy First month in Prague: Opinion about living costs and servicesIntro Hey friends, welcome to a new article. If you’re new here my name’s Davide, I am an Italian software Engineer working at Microsoft, currently based in Prague (Czech Republic). Today, we will talk about my opinion about Prague (Czech Republic), analyzing it from a business point of view, coviering startup…Prague6 min readPrague6 min read
Oct 1Member-onlyAbout Me — Davide Pollicino23 Years old software Engineer @Microsoft, Mentor @MentorCruise, Technical Writer @Medium Engineering, ex tech Lead @NdWebSolutions. Origins Born in Sicily, Italy. I Moved to Edinburgh, United Kingdom, when I was 19 to start a Bachelor in Computer Science at Edinburgh Napier University. The last several generations of my family have been…Personal Branding9 min readPersonal Branding9 min read
Published in FAUN Publication·Aug 21Member-onlyMy first 300+ coding challenges solutions (C++/Python/Java)Intro When looking for a job, the first ever thing that someone may tell you is: ‘Practice algorithms and data structures’. Many interview preparations websites likes Leetcode, GeeksForGeeks, Coderbyte, HackerRank, and others, provides thousands of questions, and especially at the very beginning, you may end-up not being able to solve even…Coding Interviews11 min readCoding Interviews11 min read
Published in FAUN Publication·Aug 10Member-onlyDeploy a static website in Azure (via storage account)Intro Welcome to another of my article! I am Davide Pollicino,an incoming SWE at Microsoft, currently working as P.M. at GetBuzz. I mainly talk about: Azure, Django, react and typescript, and this article, you will learn how to use Azure storage space to deploy your static website. Disclaimer: you can deploy…Azure Storage6 min readAzure Storage6 min read
Published in FAUN Publication·Aug 5Member-onlyWhat to ask to a start-up founder before accepting any offerIntro Nine startups out of ten fail. You have heard this a million times, but in reality, the number of co-founders that abandon a project is higher than startups that fail for founding and growth reasons. But why quit your own idea? It happens that co-founders abandon their ship once they…Startup7 min readStartup7 min read
